[Shooter 2.5]

Ah, the melted treatment.

Sorry for having to express my opinion of the melted look. I hate it. To me, there's nothing worse than taking a brand new gun and making look like a sandblasted relic piece that had been buried for a hundred years. It's ugly. It removes the fine edges one would expect on a newly minted piece.

Somone will have to explain why the melted look had to extend out to the muzzle where no one's hands have to be.

Sorry, I like Kimbers but I'm deeply disappointed they came up with that. I keep thinking it was a manufacturing idea in order to save some of their rejected parts.

I don't expect anyone to share this humble opinion.

[Travis McGee]

The meltdown treatment isn't for your hands as much as for your clothes on CCW guns. The lack of sharp edges is supposed to keep it from snagging or wearing your clothes as much. Of course, if you use a holster, this is not so important for the parts that are holstered!

[in the Arena]

With the "melt down" I am thinking more function than form. But the $800+ has kept me from purchasing it...You know the deal, I've got more guns than I need but not all that I want...I've worn a 1911 inside the waist band and I do notice every pointy part so I think this might be a solution. I'm still on a quest for the ultimate CCW which I think is a never ending story.